The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook six

caption:

a small feast for the crops

medium:

notes

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Tamlu

date:

28.8.1936

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	28.8.1936-26.10.1936
refnum:	School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London

text:

(4) Moniuliu (moni = ou-ling-bu)

text:

Moha-liu (moha is a small feast for the crops.)

text:

Moigam-liu (Moi-gam - the puja the morungs make for the crops - some young rice plants and some taro is brought to the village and put on a small platform in front of the morung.)

text:

Punggam-liu (the owner of the Nik-yong makes a puja and all people kill chickens.)

text:

Bhang-nio-liu (Bhang-mo - the feast for the beginning of the rice harvest.)

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